Carline for railway-cars.



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APPLICATION FILED AUG.1.1905.

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CHARLES A. LINDSTROM, OF ALLEGIIENY PRESSED STEEL CAR COMPANY PORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A COR- CARLINE FOR RAI LWAY-CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Maz-ch 5, 1907'.

Anp/lisation filed August 1,1905. Seria-l No. 272,142.

To all whom, t may con/067%.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. LIND- sTnM, of the city and county of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Im provement in Carlines for l'ailway-Cars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the figures in the drawings which accompany and form part of this specicatien.

Figure l. shows the carline in side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line III III of Fig. l Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line IV IV of Fig. I. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show a side l 5 elevation, cross-section, and bottom plan view, respectively, of the same carline as illustrated in previous ligures, but with a modification in the method in which the purlins are held in place. Fig. S shows still another way in which the purlins may be secured.

The carline is made of metal which in cross-section is of trough form. At the ends of the earline, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the

vertical flanges 3 are bent outwardly, as at 3, and the top portion 4 is narrowed, as

shown at 4, thus producing a shape which in y cross-section is illustrated in Fig. 4. The

narrowed web portion 4 is cut away at the ends, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, for the purpose of facilitating the bending of the ends in the manner hereinafter described without the use of expensive dies.

` In applying the carline to the car the lateral flange portion 3 extends over the side portieri 5, this side portion being recessed, as shown in Fig. l, to receive the carline. The

middle portion 4/ of the carline terminates at the outer edge ofthe side plate; but the flanges 3/ extend farther and are bent vertically downward, so as to fit agalnst the outer i face of the side plates, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. These flanges are secured to the side plate by suitable bolts 6. The vertical llanges of the carline thus hold the sides of the car together independently of the bolts, so that the carlines are made to do very much more elleetive work in strengthening the car-frame than has heretofore been the ease.

The means by which the purlins are held to the carlines .may be varied. In Figs. l and 2 I show vertical depressions 7, formed on the top of the carline for this purpose, and in Fig. 5 I show the carline provided with upturned lips S, between which the purlins 9 are secured.

The shape and arrangement of the parts may be varied without departure from my invention. y

What I claim isH l.. A carline of trough shape in cross-section, having at the end portions laterally-eX- tending flanges and a narrowed middle portion, the middle portion being cut away and the flanged portions bent downwardly to embrace the side plates.

2. A carline of trough shape in cross-section, with its vertical members .flanged outwardly in a horizontal plane at their end portions to form side-plate bearings, the web member at the end portions being narrowed and terminating short of the ends of the flanges, the latter being bent vertically downward to iit against the out er faces of the car side plates substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES A. LINDSTROM. Iitnesses Jol-1N MILLER, I-I. M. CoRwIN. 

